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#cronycapitalism

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[cont’d] while on the subject of the poison machine, lest we forget that the unholy trinity of father, wife and son has nothing to do with ideology and everything to do with corruption and crony capitalism…

#Netanyahu donor Arnaud Mimran now faces murder charges while serving time for €283M fraud. The case resurfaces Netanyahu's connections to Mimran, who made hundreds of millions from carbon tax fraud (dubbed "the scam of the century") before being convicted in 2016. Beyond his current charges, Mimran was previously sentenced to 13 years for kidnapping a Swiss financier.

Mimran provided Netanyahu with Parisian mansions and luxury vacations before claiming he donated €1M to his campaign. Like other Netanyahu backers facing legal troubles, Mimran represents a pattern: the family cultivates wealthy supporters who provide lavish benefits in exchange for political influence—revealing a dynasty built on crony capitalism, not ideology.

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@palestine
@israel
#MimranCase
#NetanyahuDonors​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
#cronycapitalism #france #israel

Arnaud Mimran arrivant au tribunal de Paris, le 7 juillet 2016.
Libération · Arnaque à la taxe carbone : un procès ordonné contre Arnaud Mimran pour deux meurtres et une complicité d’assassinatBy LIBERATION
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Paria sans portefeuille

"[W]hile emptying the pockets of working people, the #DOGE crew are lining their own. Even as #Musk claimed that DOGE was slashing government spending, his own firms received billions in government contracts."

#SocialSecurity Is Not a Ponzi Scheme

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#USpol #USpolitics #neoliberalism #cronyism #CronyCapitalism #PoorBashing #inequality #DOGEbags #MAGA #MoveFastAndLootThings

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Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦

Elizabeth G. Oyer, “the Justice Department’s pardon attorney, was dismissed a day after she refused to recommend that the actor Mel Gibson, a prominent supporter of President Trump’s, should have his gun rights restored, according to the attorney and others familiar with the situation.”

#cronycapitalism #giftLink #uspolitics

nytimes.com/2025/03/10/us/poli

The New York Times · Justice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun RightsBy Devlin Barrett
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rexi

Elon got the #falseflag op of his dreams from his little czar Putin.

And by finally pushing enough buttons, our own local White House despot may get the #civilunrest he longs for as grounds to finally declare #martiallaw, as he has been itching to do for a long while.

A full on #recession will cover his business winners and losers picking; #cronycapitalism ala prewar Germany is on its way.

Making us crazy is a feature not a bug, if we fall for it.

Welcome to the #Fascist States of America.

So called "mystery troops" on the steps of the Lincoln Monument around the time of the Black Lives Matter protests.
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William Lindsey :toad:

"The Atlanta Federal Reserve is now projecting a ~3% GDP contraction in the first quarter. Let me put that in perspective: If Trump had done absolutely nothing, just continued Biden’s policies, we’d be looking at 3-4% growth instead. But instead of stability, Trump is dragging the economy into a downward spiral.

And as our markets crash day after day, the propaganda machine kicks into gear."

~ Ben Meiselas


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Meidas+ · Trump Caves Like a Coward This AMBy Ben Meiselas
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William Lindsey :toad:

"With Trump now laying down and then yanking the threatened tariffs seemingly at will, he is signaling that he has all the power. He can make the pain disappear or remain in place whenever and on whomever he wants. Extending the deadline by another month, for example, gives time for companies who might be devastated by the tariffs to come fill the coffers of the GOP."

~ Jay Kuo


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The Big Picture · Three Theories Behind Trump's Tariff StrategyBy The Big Picture
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